How To Delete Files And Folders Using Command Prompt In Windows 10
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The tool you need to use will depend on the command console if you want to delete folders with content inside of them. If you use Command Prompt, rmdir (remove directory) is the tool you want to use to delete folders recursively. On the other hand, if you are using PowerShell, Remove-Item is the cmdlet that will do the job.
The -Recurse option tells the command that you want to delete the folder and its contents without prompt confirmation. The -Force option is not required but allows for erasing special items, including read-only or hidden files.
Delete Files with Command Prompt on Windows 10To delete files (not folders) from Command Prompt on Windows 10, you can use the built-in del command. This command helps you remove the specified files from your PC.
For instance, you can add the /p parameter to the command to get Command Prompt to ask for your confirmation before deleting a file. Similarly, you can add the /f parameter to the command to force delete your read-only files.
With the del command, you can use your creativity to delete your files in various ways. For example, you can remove certain types of files, remove only the files that have a certain word in their names, and so on.
In some cases, Windows is not allowing some users to delete their files or folders. You can use the command prompt to delete a file or a folder if you encounter such a problem. In this article, we will show you how exactly you can use this method to delete files and folders.
If you are having trouble in deleting any file or folder directly by right-clicking, then you can delete it using cmd. The commands below delete the specific file or folder and place them in the recycle bin:
You can use wildcards (* and ) to delete more than one file at a time. However, to avoid deleting files unintentionally, you should use wildcards cautiously. For example, if you type the following command:
Here first it will clean all files in all sub-directories and then cleans all empty sub-directories.Since current working directory is parent directory i.e.\"\\New folder\", rmdir command can't delete this directory itself.
If you want to delete all files in a folder, including all subfolders and not rely on some error conditions to keep the root folder intact (like I saw in another answer)you could have a batch file like this:
Make a temp directory that's empty.Use the RoboCopy command with the /Purge switch (/PURGE :: delete dest files/dirs that no longer exist in source.) using the empty folder as the source, and the folder we want empty as the destination.Delete the empty temp folder we created to be the empty source for Robocopy.
When CMD is oriented to working directory, using RMDIR will delete all folders, subfolders and files from the working directory. Seems like CMD process cannot process itself just like 'I can't throw myself into rubbish bin because the rubbish bin need to be seal by someone'
It mirror syncs an empty sub-folder to its parent folder. In other words, it tells the parent folder to have all the same files as the sub-folder: none. Amusingly, this means it also deletes the empty sub-folder that it is instructed to sync with.
rmdir is my all time favorite command for the job. It works for deleting huge files and folders with subfolders. A backup is not created, so make sure that you have copied your files safely before running this command.
None of the answers as posted on 2018-06-01, with the exception of the single command line posted by foxidrive, really deletes all files and all folders/directories in %PathToFolder%. That's the reason for posting one more answer with a very simple single command line to delete all files and subfolders of a folder as well as a batch file with a more complex solution explaining why all other answers as posted on 2018-06-01 using DEL and FOR with RD failed to clean up a folder completely.
The command RD with the options /Q and /S removes a directory quietly with all subdirectories even if the specified directory contains files or folders with hidden attribute or with read-only attribute set. The system attribute does never prevent deletion of a file or folder.
The first reason for not deleting a folder is used by this command line to delete all files and subfolders of the specified folder, but not the folder itself. The folder is made temporarily the current directory for running command process which prevents the deletion of the folder itself. Of course this results in output of an error message by command RD:
One more interesting fact:I tried the command line also using a UNC path by sharing local directory C:\\Temp with share name Temp and using UNC path \\\\%COMPUTERNAME%\\Temp\\CleanTest assigned to environment variable PathToFolder on Windows 7. If the current directory on running the command line is a subdirectory of a shared local folder accessed using UNC path, i.e. C:\\Temp\\CleanTest\\Subfolder1, Subfolder1 is deleted by RD, and next POPD fails silently in making C:\\Temp\\CleanTest\\Subfolder1 again the current directory resulting in Z:\\CleanTest remaining as the current directory for the running command process. So in this very, very special case the temporary drive letter remains until the current directory is changed for example with cd /D %SystemRoot% to a local directory really existing. Unfortunately POPD does not exit with a value greater 0 if it fails to restore the initial current directory making it impossible to detect this very special error condition using just the exit code of POPD. However, it can be supposed that nobody ever runs into this very special error case as UNC paths are usually not used for accessing local files and folders.
Next let us look on the batch file solution using the command DEL to delete files in %PathToFolder% and FOR and RD to delete the subfolders in %PathToFolder%.
Learning how to do simple file management at the Command Prompt (cmd) comes in handy when you're learning to code. When you create files and folders at the command line, you can access, use, and manipulate those folders and files in Windows apps. We'll show you how to create folders (directories) and text files at the Windows Command Prompt, and teach you commands for deleting unneeded files and folders.
Regardless of the reason, these can only be force deleted using command line only. This article explains using cmd to delete folder or file successfully.Table of contentsBefore we beginif(typeof ez_ad_units!='undefined'){ez_ad_units.push([[728,90],'itechtics_com-medrectangle-3','ezslot_4',185,'0','0'])};__ez_fad_position('div-gpt-ad-itechtics_com-medrectangle-3-0');How to remove files and folders using Command PromptDel/Erase command in cmdRmdir /rd command in cmdDelete multiple files and foldersDelete files and folders in any directoryCheck the existence of file or folder then remove using IF commandHow to remove files and folders using Windows PowerShellDelete multiple files and foldersif(typeof ez_ad_units!='undefined'){ez_ad_units.push([[336,280],'itechtics_com-box-4','ezslot_7',187,'0','0'])};__ez_fad_position('div-gpt-ad-itechtics_com-box-4-0');Delete files and folders in any directoryDelete files and folders with complex and long paths using the command lineClosing wordsif(typeof ez_ad_units!='undefined'){ez_ad_units.push([[580,400],'itechtics_com-banner-1','ezslot_12',188,'0','0'])};__ez_fad_position('div-gpt-ad-itechtics_com-banner-1-0');Before we beginif(typeof ez_ad_units!='undefined'){ez_ad_units.push([[300,250],'itechtics_com-medrectangle-4','ezslot_6',149,'0','0'])};__ez_fad_position('div-gpt-ad-itechtics_com-medrectangle-4-0');Here are some important things for you to understand before we dig into removing files and folders using Command Prompt and Windows PowerShell. These tips will help you understand the terms and some basic rules of the commands that will be used further in the article.
One last thing that might come in handy is being able to view what content is available in the current working directory. This is especially helpful so that you type in the correct spelling of the target file or folder. To view the contents of the current working directory in Command Prompt and PowerShell, type in Dir.Now that we have the basic knowledge, let us show you how you can delete files and folders using the command line on a Windows PC.
Here is a before and after comparison of the directory where both of the above commands were executed:You can also use an asterisk (*) concatenated with a file type or file name to perform bulk removal of files with the Del command. However, Microsoft has removed the support for the use of asterisks with rmdir so that users do not accidentally remove entire folders.Here is an example of us removing all .txt files from our current working directory:
Replace File/FolderName in both places with the name of the item (and extension if applicable) to be deleted. Here is an example:if exist Desktop (rmdir /s/q Desktop)How to remove files and folders using Windows PowerShellThe commands in Windows PowerShell to delete and remove content from your PC are very much similar to those of Command Prompt, with a few additional aliases. The overall functionality and logic are the same.We recommend that you launch Windows PowerShell with administrative privileges before proceeding.
We tested all of these commands in our working directory and each of them was successful in deleting the folders as well as individual items, as can be seen below:As can be seen above, the syntax of all the aliases is the same. You can use any of the commands below to delete an item using PowerShell: 153554b96e
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